Menu Options

This topic specifies the various menu options available in the Zend Guard UI.

This table lists the Main Menu and short-cut key options. These include Project, Tools, and Help.

Menu	Options		Shortcut Key
File	New	Open the New Project wizard	Ctrl + N
	Save	Save currently opened Projects settings	Ctrl + S
	Save As	Save current settings as a new project (or overwrite an existing project that is not currently open)
	Import	Imports a Zend Guard Project
	Export	Exports a Zend Guard Project
	Exit	Closes the Zend Guard without losing changes.	Alt + X
Edit	Preferences	Set default user interface and project settings.
Project	Configure	Edit and set default project settings.
	Variables	Map locations on the machine to the project.
	Encode	Start Encoding
Help	Online Help	Opens the online help.
	Register	Register the product.
	About	View the current product's version details.

This table describes the Toolbar and Explorer icons.

Toolbar Icon	Description
	New Project - Opens the New Project wizard.
	Save - Saves the current project.
	Encode - Encodes the project.
	Previous \ Next - Navigates between the previous and next files or folders to be encoded in your project.
	Refresh - Refreshes the current Views.
	Collapse - Collapses the Project tree.
	Filter - Displays the available filters.
	Sort - Sorts files by Name or Type.

The Management view enables several context sensitive right-click menu options, listed below.

Place the cursor on a Zend Guard project and right click anywhere in the view to open the following menu.

Menu Item	Explanation
New*	Opens a Wizard to create a new Project or a new License.
Configure	Moves focus to the Project view.
Path Variables	Opens the "Configure Path Variables" dialog. Used for adding and editing project path variables.
Encode Project	Encodes the project and sends it to the target (output) folder.
Rename Project	Opens a dialog for changing the project's name.
Add Folder	Browse to add a file folder to the project.
Add Files	Browse to add individual files to the project.
Delete	Deletes the project's target files and optionally, the project's source files.
Close Project(s)	Closes the Zend Guard project(s).
Import*	Imports a Zend Guard project (source files) or a project's parameter files.
Export*	Exports a Zend Guard project source files or the project's parameter files.
Refresh View*	Refreshes the project.

*Options available even when there are no Projects.

Place the cursor on a Zend Guard project folder and right click anywhere in the view to open the following menu.

Menu Item	Explanation
New	Opens a Wizard to create a new Project or a new License.
Configure	Moves focus to the Project view.
Ignore Resource (Don't Copy)	The resource will not be encoded or copied to the target location
Exclude Resource (Copy as is)	The resource will be copied to the target location as is (not encoded)
Include Resource (Encode & copy)	Appears only if one of the options "Ignore Resource" or "Exclude Resource" have been applied to the folder. Clicking "Include Resource", returns the folder to it's original state (i.e. it will be encoded and copied to the output location)
Import	Imports a Zend Guard project (source files) or a project's parameter files.
Export	Exports a Zend Guard project source files or the project's parameter files.
Edit Path	Select a file and choose the edit option. This opens the selected file for editing in Zend Studio (this option is only available for imported resources).
Remove Source*	Removes the folder from the project (this option is only available for imported resources).
Refresh View	Refreshes the project.

Place the cursor on a Zend Guard project file and right click anywhere in the view to open the following menu.

Menu Item	Explanation
New	Opens a Wizard to create a new Project or a new License.
Configure	Moves focus to the Project view.
Open with Zend Studio	Opens the selected file in Zend Studio for editing and debugging code (available when the Zend Studio integration is active and configured).
Ignore Resource (Don't Copy)	The resource will not be encoded or copied to the target location
Exclude Resource (Copy as is)	The resource will be copied to the target location as is (not encoded)
Include Resource (Encode & copy)	Appears only if one of the options "Ignore Resource" or "Exclude Resource" have been applied to the file. Clicking "Include Resource", returns the file to it's original state (i.e. it will be encoded and copied to the output location)
Import	Imports a Zend Guard project (source files) or a project's parameter files.
Export	Exports a Zend Guard project source files or the project's parameter files.
Edit Path	Opens the open File dialog to edit the path to the file (this option is only available for imported resources).
Refresh	Checks all the project files and folders to see if anything was changed or deleted and updates the project files (similar to refreshing the project files list).